Improvement in numbering-machines



UNrrnD f PAT-Enr @Ferca HENRY SUTGLIFFE. OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN NUMBERING-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No'. 95.282, dated September 28, 1869; antedated A .September 16, 1869.

To all lwhom -it may concern Be it known that-I, vHENRY SUTcLmFmof.

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented, made, .and applied to use a certain new and useful `Improvement in Numbering-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andex act description ofthe said invention, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure 1 is a side'elevation of my said machine, a part of the frame being removed.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the machine.

denote the same large-sized sheets of paper or other material to the stamping mechanism, because the table extended to the frame, and if the sheets to be numbered were wider than the space between the impression-bed and the frame, they could not be stamped without being folded.

The nature of my said invention consists in a supporting and impression table, combined with a forked frame, one part of which supports said table, and the other part sustains the numbering mechanism, so that a space is left for the sheet that is being numbered to slide down between said forks of the frame, and thereby remain uninjured by folding, and in the most convenient position for handling while being presented to the numbering mechanism, and I provide a peculiarly-arran ged inkingtable to supply and Work the ink of the inking-rollers.

In the drawing, a represents the table, that is supported by the rods b b, that passthrough holes in part of the frame of the machine, and' said table may be raised and lowered as necessary.

The side frames of the machine are made with the forks or branches c and d, the fork c `rying the inking-rollers p q.

supporting the table aand the impressionbed .6, and the fork d supportingtheheadframe f, that carriesthe slide-rod g, block h, and series of type, letter, or number wheels l. The treadle fm on the `fulcrum 2 is con,- nected by the' rod nwith the lever ko, lset upon a fulerum, 3, upon the frame f, so Aas to actuate the rod g and number-wheels, and press themidownupon the paper or other material of the inking-rollers p q, as hereinafter mem' tioned.

Upon the block h are the fulcrums 7 of the crank-levers r, that are connected by the links s to the frame f, and t t are shoe-pieces, car- These shoepieces t are connected to the lever r by screws and slots 8, so as to be adjusted properly to bring the inkrollers into contact with the t type-wheels, and 9 are set-screws for adjusting and holding the parts in position.

It will be understood that as the head-block and type-wheels move up from the position of Fig. 3 to that of Fig. 1, the type Wheel or wheels are moved in the direction denoted by the arrow', Fig. 1, and the ink-rollers p q in passing ol the table c move in the direction indicated by the arrow, and in the same direction as the types; hence there will be a perfect inking of the type, but the ink will not be scraped 0E the roller by the type, as is usual 4 in numbering-machines Where the surfaces of the types and rollers are moving in opposite directions when the inkis being applied; therefore the types in my machine will keep clean and give better impressions.

My inking-table c is set to rock upon the axis 19, that carries the center 10 of said table, and the base 11 that lcarries the axis 19 is adjustable so as to set the ink-table atthe proper point, and 12 is an adjustable stop to determine the inclination of the table, the contractilesprin'g 13 keeping said table toward that stop 12.

as to take another tooth of the ratchet, and

17 is a contractile spring to draw the pawl 14 back to its normal position and give the table v a partial rotation after the rollers p and q pass oli' said table fv.

By this arrangement of inking-table the ink will be thoroughly Worked, and a small amount of ink applied to said table periodically, say every few hours, will furnishsuicient ink for said numbering-machine.

It will be understood that the sheet of paper or other material that is being printed will hang down betweenv the forks c and d of the frame while being numbered toward the edge that is next to the operator, as illustrated by v the blue line in Fig.1,and that in consequence of this construction the inking-table can be near the type-wheel, and that large-sized sheets of material can be numbered with great facility.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A numbering-machine in which the table, frame, and numbering-wheels are arranged and applied in the manner specified, so that the sheet of paper on which the impression is being made can .hang down between the'table and the frame supporting the numbering mechanism.

2. The revolving ink-distributing table fu, set upon the axis 19, so that the same may be rocked by the contact of the inking-rollers p and gas they swing, said table being fitted with ratchet-teeth, and acted upon by a pawl and spring, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this 16th day of June, A. D. 1868.

HENRY SUTCLIFFE.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, CRAs. H. SMITH. 

